The Carolina family left the hot dogwood and sumac-laden countryside of Georgia, it must have been, and trekked north to the liberal east coast, where... they settled in New Jersey. Claude’s father found an integrated school district where he taught what he learned in the South, and Claude guessed that what his father learned was more along the lines of what the white men taught in their schools, and so his father had to replicate it for the unruly and liberated northern black youth. Blacks were. The parking lot was full and it looked crowded. The taxi dropped me off at the hotel entrance. I made the driver promise to return for me in about an hour.Several men stared at me when I went in. I could feel their eyes upon me, mentally undressing and fucking me as I stood by the elevator. I glanced their way and flashed them a grin. One of them found the courage to break away from the herd and approach me. Thankfully the elevator door opened and I quickly hopped in and stabbed at the button. Dark-blue ocean mottled here and there with lighter turquoise of a lagoon created a stunning vista all the way to the horizon."Beautiful," replied Julie nervously.Steps led from the entry landing down to a sunken sitting area near the windows. Four soft leather couches, situated like compass points, surrounded an enormous coffee table of burled wood. Seated on the couches already were Ingrid and JJ, Beverly and George, and a third young couple, obviously wealthy and strikingly handsome."Some. Just lie back and enjoy it all." I am, Mary," I said, before closing the door."Mom?" she whimpered, covering herself. "What are you doing here?" You don't have to hide yourself, Mary," I whispered, coming to her and sitting on her bed."What are you doing in here? You didn't even knock." Well, your dad blew me off again." He did; why?" He bet money on his football game," I answered, calmly bringing my hand to her blanket. "May I see you?" Why, Michelle." Well, because I'm saying 'Oh, fuck it,.